For the emergency management community, the incredible events of September 11, 2001, and their many outcomes have led to changes so extensive they are hard to document. A gross indication of the impacts of these changes is evidenced simply by counting the important legislative and bureaucratic changes that have occurred since September 11, 2001. Along with new threats have come new resources, and those resources have new requirements connected to...

As we enter the 21st century, we are facing new threats and risks, which may mean we will be dealing with new types of hazards and disasters. The disasters of the future may or may not be bigger or worse, but they are likely to be more complex and require more sophistication in response and recovery.